David Fizdale wouldn’t bite on LeBron James possibly coming to the Knicks one day, but he did acknowledge a kinship with the Cavaliers star.

As an assistant coach, Fizdale was with James for all of The King’s four seasons with the Heat, from 2010 to 2014. When Fizdale was fired as head coach of the Grizzlies in late November, James and Dwyane Wade, his former Miami players, issued supportive tweets about wanting answers.

“I can’t put a price tag on that,’’ the Knicks’ new coach said on ESPN Radio’s “The Michael Kay Show” during his media tour Tuesday. “They care about you so much, they’re going to come out publicly when you’re fired whether they know the whole story or not. They just know I’m a heckuva guy and a good coach.”

The Post has reported the Knicks will have a plan to clear necessary cap space this summer if James shows Fizdale any love this July 1 when free agency begins. It seems a pipe dream — mainly because next season looks challenging, with the uncertainty over Kristaps Porzingis’ return from ACL surgery.

But 2019 and beyond isn’t outrageous, considering Fizdale now is aboard as coach.

“I can’t talk about none of that stuff,’’ Fizdale said when asked directly by Kay if he would be able to get James in a Knicks uniform. “That’s so far off-limits. All I’m talking about is these guys right now. We have so much work to do before free agency.’’

Fizdale realizes he likely would have to restore the Knicks’ pride before James would look their way. James is on record stating the Garden is his favorite arena to play in.

“[Free agents] are not just going to go there to live in New York City,’’ Fizdale said. “You’re going there to be in a culture. When you start showing that through action, players are going to come. New York is a special place.”

On ESPN’s “Get Up!’’ Wednesday morning, Fizdale added: “Once we get that culture in place, get that recruiting going and start selling New York the way it can be sold, we’ll get the right players here to take us to another level.’’

Fizdale has talked a big game the past two days, but he also has admitted his failures. He elaborated on the Kay show that his handling of Marc Gasol wasn’t the only mistake he made in Memphis — his only head-coaching gig. Fizdale, 43, lasted 101 games with the Grizzlies.

At Tuesday’s introductory press conference, Fizdale admitted he arrived in Memphis “too much with guns blazing.’’ The Grizzlies had made the playoffs the six previous seasons with Gasol as their star center.

“We had some moments I pushed too hard,’’ Fizdale said of the Gasol mess. “I probably should’ve done more research and spent more time to getting to know the person, knowing what ticks and what doesn’t tick and how to get through to him. We had some good moments. It wasn’t like he played like a slouch.

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New Knicks coach David Fizdale, in his introductory press conference...

“I took what I learned from that and other things I did wrong. I did a lot of things wrong. I was a rookie coach. I screwed up timeouts, when to call timeouts. I made bad subs. … I don’t want to blame [Gasol] for getting me fired. I don’t think that’s fair.’’

Fizdale’s Memphis flop didn’t deter Knicks president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry, who said they did exhaustive research on Fizdale by calling his former bosses and his former players.

For the Knicks to open the $30 million or so of cap space this summer needed to potentially sign James, Enes Kanter and Kyle O’Quinn must opt out of their contracts, and the team would need to trade Courtney Lee’s contract.

Fizdale said on “Get Up!” he would love to get Porzingis to become “an MVP candidate’’ or “defensive player of the year candidate.’’

“I’m so sad he’s hurt,’’ Fizdale said. “I have to be patient on that one.’’